Residents file suit to stop windmill construction

A group of Cherokee County residents have filed a lawsuit attempting to block a proposed wind farm on Lookout Mountain.  The suit filed Monday is the second suit filed against the developers, Pioneer Green Energy. Etowah County property owners who live near the proposed sites filed a similar lawsuit Aug. 1.  The suit seeks a permanent injunction that will prevent Pioneer Green from building wind turbines. The property owners who will lease their land to Pioneer Green to build the turbines also are named in the suit. Nearby residents have complained the turbines will be an eyesore and a nuisance.  The plaintiffs claim the turbines are being built to take advantage of government incentives that will only benefit Pioneer Green and that they will produce very little electricity. The plaintiffs said they will be hurt by the turbines’ construction because of shadow flicker, low-frequency noise, lost or diminishing property values and damage to the natural landscape.